Will Eisner's The Spirit

[regnak]

I liked "The Shadow".

So did I, even own the DVD.

[hugh45]

The NYTimes has got a quick write-up about comicon that spends a fair bit of time talking about Miller's Spirit panel and the reaction of fans to the movie.

Read it here.

So's, who's the guy in the pic suppose to be? Carrot Top w/his face taken off?

[The Batman]

Not scary enough to be Carrot Top. Not by half.

[ultramandingo]

Arrrrrrrrgh. If only! I knew Bird was a fan. I didn't know that he was actually making any plans.

.............. bird even had spirit comics in "the iron giant "
dc should do a "gotham knights " type dvd with bird , timm , cooke , tartakovsky ect interpreting eisner classic stories to atone of this mess

[CBR News]

Actor Samuel L. Jackson? Check. Director Frank Miller? Check. Producer
Deborah Del Prete? Check. Find out what they have to say about the upcoming
feature film, "The Spirit.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=17632

[Dr. Chaos]

Actually as someone whos never read The Spirit, looks pretty neat to me.

Like Sin City, it looks like it's going to be alot of intriguing visuals/imagery and mostly wooden acting (as if they're reading their lines directly out of the comic book) with an interesting story beat here or there.

Loved the guy they got to play The Spirit's voice by the way.

I'd be curious to hear what the comic Spirit fans think of Gabriel Macht so far.

[The Xenos]

dc should do a "gotham knights " type dvd with bird , timm , cooke , tartakovsky ect interpreting eisner classic stories to atone of this mess

Except that DC doesn't own the Spirit. That's rather a major point. Eisner's estate still controls the rights. Right? Though such a project would be amazing, I don't know if Miller wants to see any other interpretations of Eisner's The Spirit other than his own baby.

[Stressfactor]

I'd be curious to hear what the comic Spirit fans think of Gabriel Macht so far.

Well, it's hard to tell having seen so little..... For me, personally.... Macht seems to have the right build and his physical movements seem pretty in tune with Will Eisner's original (that scene on the telephone wires is almost straight out of the comics).

His voice would PROBABLY be okay.... if he were reciting Eisner's dialogue instead of Miller's. Although Macht's voice is kind of low and for me, personally, I always heard the Spirit's voice in my dead as a tenor... not too high pitched mind you but more like... say, Tim Daly. BUT I wouldn't hold that against an actor. There are very few characters where the voice pitch really matters that much -- Hellboy is one though. You gotta have a pure bass for Hellboy... which is why Ron Perelman was perfect.

[ultramandingo]

Except that DC doesn't own the Spirit. That's rather a major point. Eisner's estate still controls the rights. Right? Though such a project would be amazing, I don't know if Miller wants to see any other interpretations of Eisner's The Spirit other than his own baby.

........... gah ! like when dr dr seuss died and his wife let mike myers , jim carry and oppie rape his corpse - stupid estates

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[kalorama]

Except that DC doesn't own the Spirit. That's rather a major point. Eisner's estate still controls the rights. Right? Though such a project would be amazing, I don't know if Miller wants to see any other interpretations of Eisner's The Spirit other than his own baby.

Doesn't matter what Miller wants. He has no say in the matter. He has no more ownership rights to the Spirit than DC does.

[Frank]

You know I don't care if The Spirit movie is very Frank Miller-lite because it's a style that was enjoyable in the Sin City flick but more importantly I would never accept a straight Spirit movie to begin with. A dude with a small mask is not the greatest lure to pay 12 bucks + drive to go watch a movie.

[The Xenos]

Doesn't matter what Miller wants. He has no say in the matter. He has no more ownership rights to the Spirit than DC does.

........... gah ! like when dr dr seuss died and his wife let mike myers , jim carry and oppie rape his corpse - stupid estates

Well the difference being that Frank knew Will as well as his wife and family from what I've read. Plus I rather trust whoever the creator left his estate to over some company like DC / AOL Time Warner. I'm sure sometimes things go wrong, but this seems pretty on the up and up and straight forward here. Now whether Miller is making a mistake himself after taking this responsibility, I think that's the only thing to question.

[kalorama]

Well the difference being that Frank knew Will as well as his wife and family from what I've read.

True, but irrelevant. His personal relationship with Eisner doesn't give him any control over the Spirit property. If whomever is administering the rights decides to approve an animated series or anything else, Miller has nothing to say about it, regardless of his personal feelings. Well, he can say anything he wants about it, he just can't actually do anything about it.

[The Batman]

If it's the Eisner family that's got a say in what happens and Frank is close to them then he could, theoretically, do something about it.

[kalorama]

Nothing that really matters. He could talk to them.But they're under no obligation to listen to or pay attention to him. The point is, he has no power or control over the property and if the people who do decide to do something with it he disagrees with, he can't do any more to make them stop than you or I could.